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Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth. The pair meet and fall in love, and go on to co-found the Disabled People's Direct Action Network together. Rather than being a documentary Then Barbara Met ...
The recent limited release on vinyl of Allan Holdsworth’s remastered solo album collection provides an opportunity to review and appreciate the career of one of his generation’s most ...
Though he never saw great commercial success in his lifetime, Allan Holdsworth's one-of-a-kind ... which he first used on his 1986 album, Atavachron. As he explained in an interview with Guitar ...
While arguments about who is ‘the best’ in music are generally unhelpful and meaningless, Allan Holdsworth must rank as one of the most universally respected guitarists by fellow guitarists. Despite ...
Along with the crunch of “Back in Black,” some of Van Halen’s guitar twists on “Drop Dead Legs” were also inspired by the late Britsh jazz guitarist Allan Holdsworth (1946-2017).
HOLDSWORTH Alan On 14th November 2023 peacefully at home. Alan aged 94 years. Much loved husband of Doreen, dearly loved dad of Susan and Linda, a dear father-in-law of Jim, a loving grandad of ...
I had the pleasure of chatting with BAFTA-nominated actress Ruth Madeley. Co-writer Jack Thorne approached Madeley to play Disability Activist Barbara Lisicki in the BBC Two film Then Barbara Met ...
“Let’s block the telethon,” whispers Barbara Lisicki (Ruth Madeley) to her fellow disability rights activist Alan Holdsworth (Arthur Hughes). The pair are the main characters in Then ...
airs on Monday night and tells the true story of Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, a former couple who founded DAN, the Disabled Peoples Direct Action Network. MORE: Viewers spot epic ...
The film follows Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, the founders of DAN (Disabled People's Direct Action Network), a disability activism group. The two cabaret performers met in 1989 before ...
She inspired a heroic revolution. In the 90s, Barbara Lisicki and her then partner Alan Holdsworth together organised brave, co-ordinated protests that pushed the campaign for disabled rights into ...